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City mulls privatizing pool management
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City mulls privatizing pool management
By Mike Wiggins 
April 23, 2020
The Ouray City Council is considering hiring a private company to manage the Hot Springs Pool, concerned that visitation and revenue genera ted by the city's most popular tourist attraction has flatte...
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Reinventing the Ouray Tourism Office
By Mike Wiggins 
April 23, 2020
Two days after learning the city of Ouray would not renew contracts that gave the Ouray Tourism Office the authority — and the funding — to market to tourists and run the Visitors’ Center, Ryan Hein m...
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ALL DRESSED UP WITH NOWHERE TO GO
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ALL DRESSED UP WITH NOWHERE TO GO
By Erin McIntyre 
April 23, 2020
The peach, sequined dress arrived weeks ago, delivered in a box to the house. She carefully opened the package, lifted out the gown and admired its sequins, the applique flowers. Seventeen-year-old L...
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Workers strive to stay afloat
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Workers strive to stay afloat
By Kailyn Lamb 
April 23, 2020
As the stay-at-home order continues and non-essential businesses remain closed, workers and business owners in Ouray County are wondering how long their savings can keep them going. When Gov. Jared Po...
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Pandemic teaching harsh lessons
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Pandemic teaching harsh lessons
By Katie Langford 
April 23, 2020
A pandemic, weeks of uncertainty, a frantic move-out and a nonstop cross-country road trip were not what Rosalind Greisz had in mind for her junior year of college. Colleges and universities across t...
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Vacation rentals to the rescue
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Vacation rentals to the rescue
By Samantha Tisdel Wright 
April 23, 2020
Here's one bright spot to the coronavirus crisis. Ouray County residents impacted by the coronavirus pandemic who need to find temporary housing outside of their own home now have a free place to stay...
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City closing in on manager search firm
By Mike Wiggins 
April 16, 2020
The city of Ouray is closing in on hiring a search firm to look for its next city administrator. City councilors unanimously agreed during an April 8 special meeting to enter into contract negotiation...
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School board mutes public input
By Carolina Brown 
April 16, 2020
The Ridgway School Board approved a contract for its new secondary school principal in a meeting last week, during which limited public comment was allowed. The board's new policy of restricting publi...
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GHOST TOWN
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GHOST TOWN
By News Staff 
April 16, 2020
Traffic was nonexistent on Ouray's Main Street during a recent spring day, as shown from this aerial photo looking south toward Mt. Abram. Gov. Jared Polis's stay-at-home order is in effect until at l...
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Council meeting grows testy
By Mike Wiggins 
April 16, 2020
A special meeting Wednesday intended for the Ouray City Council to consider what kind of message the city wants to put out to tourists in the midst of the COVlD-19 pandemic devolved into two councilor...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
April 16, 2020
Sheriff pleads not guilty in DUI case Lance FitzGerald has pleaded not guilty in his alleged DUI case, stemming from an incident in November. Seventh Judicial District County Court Judge Kurt Beckenha...
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Covid
Schools to remain shuttered
By Erin McIntyre 
April 16, 2020
Students in Ouray County won't be returning to school in-person for the remainder of the school year. Ouray and Ridgway school district leaders announced they would continue to suspend face-to-face le...
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Utilities assisting financially burdened customers
By Mike Wiggins 
April 16, 2020
The utility companies that power and heat Ouray County homes and business have put a freeze on disconnecting customers who may be struggling to pay their bills and are working with them on payment pla...
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Bruin drops recycling during virus
By Carolina Brown 
April 16, 2020
Last month’s sudden cancellation of recycling services by Bruin Waste Management has left Ridgway residents with a choice: Let plastic bottles, cans, paper and cardboard languish in a landfill - or in...
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County delays plowing decision
By Carolina Brown And Erin Mcintyre 
April 16, 2020
Ouray County has delayed a decision on whether to proceed with plowing high-country roads, after considering a request to postpone clearing snow from routes popular with off-road enthusiasts. Commissi...
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Ridgway athletic director resigns
By Carolina Brown 
April 16, 2020
Ridgway Secondary School Athletic Director Tony Erickson submitted his letter of resignation to the Ridgway School Board last month. Erickson told the Plaindealer the decision was difficult because he...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
April 16, 2020
SILVERTON San Juan County officials on April 3 tightened the public health order prohibiting visi tors and restricting residents' activities as concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic mounted. The new ord...
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Ouray County schools to keep distance learning for remainder of school year
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Ouray County schools to keep distance learning for remainder of school year
By News Staff 
April 15, 2020
Students in Ouray County won’t be returning to school in-person for the remainder of the school year. Leaders of both Ouray and Ridgway school districts made the announcement they would continue to su...
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Residents cut into personal fabric for masks
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Residents cut into personal fabric for masks
By Kailyn Lamb 
April 11, 2020
When Gay Leachman put her first batch of nine cotton face masks in a box by her house, she was surprised to find they were gone the same day. The massage therapist and Ridgway resident began making m...
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Perry seeks return to law enforcement
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Perry seeks return to law enforcement
By Mike Wiggins 
April 11, 2020
Justin Perry is very clear: The way things have been done recently at the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office is unacceptable. And he believes his track record at the Ouray Police Department makes him the b...
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Community paramedicine brings vital care to mountain, rural places
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
November 19, 2025
Editor’s note: There’s a proposal to start a community paramedicine program here in Ouray County, and we wanted to know more about how these kinds of services work in other places in Colorado where th...
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Commissioner: ‘My patience is gone’
Claiming continued poor behavior, Nauer asks Padgett to take 'timeout,' attend meetings remotely
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 19, 2025
Ouray County Commissioner Michelle Nauer has asked Commissioner Lynn Padgett to take a "timeout" and attend meetings by Zoom while the county makes leadership transitions over the next few months, cit...
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Police chief, sheriff urge Ouray council to rethink strict response time policy
Councilors table plan requiring officers to live within 10 miles of city after concern from leaders
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 19, 2025
The Ouray City Council on Monday pitched and then quickly ditched a proposal to require police officers to live within 10 miles and a 10-minute drive from the city after local law enforcement and city...
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SMPA approves rate increases
Monthly base, peak energy charges to rise in 2026 as electric cooperative prepares for escalating wholesale power costs
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 19, 2025
The San Miguel Power Association board of directors on Tuesday approved dual rate increases in 2026 for the second year in a row, as the rural electric cooperative continues to grapple with higher who...
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Ridgway hires North Carolina agency for tourism, marketing
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 19, 2025
The town of Ridgway has hired a North Carolina-based agency for its tourism and marketing services, choosing an outside perspective familiar with rural communities. During a Nov. 12 town council meeti...
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